Whoever saw an angel barefooted?

The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought.

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin.

Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long as society is ignorant enough and hypocritical enough to hold in high esteem the man of wealth without the slightest regard to the character of the man.

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.